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No, centipedes don't have 100 legs

What The Duck?!

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Turns out centipedes versus millipedes isn't as simple as a numbers game.

But here at What the Duck?! we never skip leg day.

Featuring:

  • Dr Juanita Rodriguez, Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO.
  • Dr Bruno Alves Buzatto, Flinders University.
  • Luis Villazon, Science Educator UK.

Production:

  • Ann Jones, Presenter / Producer.
  • Petria Ladgrove, Producer.
  • Additional mastering: Angela Grant.

This episode of What the Duck?! was originally broadcast in 2022 and produced on the land of the Wadawarrung and the Kaurna people.

Find more episodes of the ABC podcast, What the Duck?! with the always curious Dr Ann Jones exploring the mysteries of nature on the ABC Listen app (Australia) or wherever you get your podcasts. You'll learn more about the weird and unusual aspects of our natural world in a quirky, fun way with easy to understand science.

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